Thierry Humbert

Thierry Humbert (died 16 September 1841) was a general of France who led the French invasion of Egypt in 1841. He was among the dead in the massacre of the French army in the Suez on 16 September.

Biography
Humbert was chosen to command a 15,000-strong French expeditionary force that was sent to capture the Suez region, under the control of the Khedivate of Egypt, in 1841. Humbert landed in the Sinai Peninsula and advanced south to Suez, but his army was met by an Ottoman-style force of 26,000 troops under Rifat Pasha. Humbert's force was all infantry; the Egyptians had 9,000 cavalry to aid their large force of infantry (which already outnumbered the French force). Humbert bravely led his men, but was killed in battle.